Cuban Duo lost in Debut at the 2018 Beach Volleyball World Tour

HAVANA, Cuba, May 3 (acn) The Cuban duo of Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez lost in their debut in the three-star stop of the 2018 Beach Volleyball World Tour taking place in Mersin, Turkey, from May 2 to 6.

According to the official website of the contest, Diaz-Gonzalez lost 0-2 (19-21 and 16-21) to the Serbian pair of Stefan Basta and Lazar Kolaric in match for Pool C of the men´s event.
Tomorrow, the Cuban duet will face the Finn couple of Nurminen-Siren, who also lost in their debut 0-2 to Germans Walkenhorst-Winter.
The Caribbean side, fifth at Rio 2016 Olympics, rejoined the world tour after ranking 25th in the stop of Xiamen, China, with balance of two wins and two losses.
After the Chinese tournament, Diaz and Gonzalez finished second in the third stop of the NORCECA circuit held in Varadero Beach, Cuba.
Their main goal this year is the Barranquilla Central American and Caribbean Games, July 19 – August 3, where they will defend the crown they won in the previous edition of Veracruz 2014.
Prior to that major competition, they will also attend the World Tour stops of Luzern, Switzerland; Itapema, Brazil; Ostrava, Czech Republic; Warsaw, Poland and Esphino, Portugal.